558 18. HYPNEÆ. [| Hypnum. 
Chili, ex Herb. Montagne, Pæppig et Philippi. Ins. Chiloe, Cuming, 
n. 1456, King et Lobb ; ins. Juan Fernandez, Douglas. 
Caulis 1-3 uncias altus, rigidus, ramis breviusculis confertis vel prolixis 
attenuatis. Folia glauco-viridia, fulvescentia, rigida. Pedunculus un- 
ciam longus vel brevius. 
Sect. 3. Pleuropus, Griff. Notul. Pl. As. 468. 
Homalothecium et Campylothecium, Schimp. Bryol. Eur. 
35. H. LuTEoLUM (Mitt.). Caulis repens, ramis pluribus congestis. 
Folia caulina erecto-patentia, e basi lata truncata, triangulari-subulata, 
ramea stricta, lanceolata, concava, apice plana, nervo supra medium 
evanido, marginibus inferne planis integerrimis, cellulis oblongo-ellipticis, 
ad angulos rotundis, omnibus parietibusque latiusculis pellucidis; peri- 
cheetialia erecta, elongata, lanceolata, subulato-angustata, remote serrulata, 
nervo subindistincto. Theca in pedunculo rubro scaberrimo suberecta, 
zqualis, operculo conico-acuminato, peristomii externi dentibus flavis, 
interni processibus angustis perforatis zquilongis, in membrana ad den- 
tium medium exserta impositis, ciliis nullis. 
Hab. Ins. Sti. Vincentis, Menzies, in Herb. Hook. 
Caulis 3-uncialis, rami 2-lineares. Pedunculus 4-linearis. Folia aureo- 
virentia, nitida, sericea. 
Habitus H. sericei. 
36. H. TENERRIMUM (C. Müll. in Bot. Zeit. 1856). Vage ramosum, 
laxissime intricatum, tenerrimum, plumose foliosum, flexuosum, lutescens. 
Folia caulina sicca patentissima, minuta, angustissima, subtilissima, e basi 
brevi ventricose rotundata concava sensim subulata, stricta, ad subulam 
canaliculata, enervia vel nervo obsoletissimo brevissimo tenuissimo in- 
structa, margine erecta, e basi usque ad apicem denticulata, ubique e 
cellulis lutescentibus longiusculis parvis areolata ; perichzetialia conferta, 
appressa, e basi longe vaginata pallidissima, elongate et laxiuscule reti- 
culata, enervia, plicatula, in subulam tenerrimam flexuosam producta, 
ante subulam lacerato-dentata. Theca in pedunculo breviusculo stricto 
erecta ovalis minuta; peristomium angustissimum, dentibus internis vix 
hiantibus subulatis levibus subtilibus, ciliis singulis brevibus. 
Hab. Guatemala, in rhizomatibus Polypodii incani vagum, Kegel. 
H. tenuicauli Spruce accedens. E subtilissimis speciebus.— C. Müll. l. c. 
37. H. BoxPLANDII (Hook. in Kunth. Syn. Pl. Æq. i. 61, Leskea). 
Caulis repens, ramis erectis simplicibus fasciculatimve ramosis. Folia 
triangulari-cordata, inferne excavata, subplicata, subulata, subula planius- 
cula, nervo medio evanido, margine basi recurva, cellulis angustissimis 
teneris ; perichzetialia longiora, a basi ovali subulata, nervis angustissimis. 
Theca in pedunculo elongato lævi ovali-cylindracea, erecta, operculo longe 
subulato, peristomii dentibus parvis brevibus, interni processibus bre- 
vioribus in membrana impositis. 
Hookeria leskeoides, Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 55. 
